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Poland joined the group of 28 countries that signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society the so-called Faro Convention. On behalf of the Polish side Ambassador Jerzy Baurski signed the Convention by the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the Council of Europe.The purpose of the Convention is to emphasize that the preservation of cultural heritage and its sustainable use are related to social development and the improvement of the quality of life. The convention provides that each person is responsible - individually or jointly with others - for respecting the cultural heritage of others and for respecting his own cultural heritage and consequently the common heritage of Europe.The framework convention defines general objectives and indicates the areas of action and directions in which its parties agree to pursue but does not contain obligations to carry out specific tasks. It allows you to pursue goals by using alternative solutions resulting from the situation in a given country legal traditions and policy.About the Convention - a historical outlineThe Council of Europe taking into account the experiences of conflicts that took place in Europe in the last decade of the 20th century saw the need to supplement the previously adopted conventions relating to specific issues of protection of cultural heritage i.e. the Convention on the Protection of Europes Architectural Heritage drawn up in Granada on 3 October 1985 and the European Convention for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage revised drawn up in La Valetta on 16 January 1992. It was decided that the most optimal form of such an addition would be the adoption of a new convention covering all aspects of cultural heritage in a framework manner. The convention was opened for signature on October 27 2005 in Faro.The convention entered into force on 1 June 2011 - on the first day of the month three months after the consent of ten member states of the Council of Europe to be bound by the convention. Currently together with Poland the Convention has been signed by 28 and already ratified by 21 countries.
